1979 - A revamped version of The Clash's self-titled debut album is released in the United States two years after the original disc's issue in Britain.

1977 - With seven dates to go, Led Zeppelin's U-S tour ends abruptly when Robert Plant's six-year-old son Karac dies of a respiratory ailment in England.

1977 - Elvis Costello is arrested while performing on the street outside a C-B-S Records meeting at the London Hilton, where he was trying to audition for a recording deal. He would eventually sign with C-B-S.

1976 - Ted Nugent's self-titled sixth album goes gold.

1975 - The Eagles' One of These Nights becomes the number-one-selling album.

1971 - Apollo 15 lands on the Moon.

1971 - Rehearsals for the Concert for Bangladesh begin at Nola Sound and the Park Lane Hotel in New York.

1948 - Babe Ruth makes his final public appearance, at the New York premiere of The Babe Ruth Story film.